An examination of the effectiveness of Tupiq : Examen de l'efficacité du programme Tupiq : un programme pour les délinquants sexuels inuits adapté à leur culture

A long-term goal of the program is to work with other agencies as part of a national and regional effort to reduce the inter-generational transmission of physical and sexual abuse in Inuit communities and to promote the prevention of abuse in Inuit communities. [...] The present research consisted of an examination of the profile of the 71 offenders who participated in the Tupiq program from 2001-2008 and an analysis of the program’s impact on program completion and post-release recidivism rates. [...] Results show that a completion rate of 97% for the Tupiq program was higher than the 73% completion rate of the Inuit offenders in the comparison group who had attended alternative sex offender programs and higher than the 63% completion rate in the national sex offender programs. [...] The authors profiled the 34 offenders who had attended the program and reviewed the impact of the program based on outcomes such as completion rates, granting of discretionary release, lifting of detention orders and measures of recidivism. [...] The profiles of the sex offences committed by the Tupiq participants based on the age and gender of the victims did not differ from that of the comparison group.